[HM] Re: Bouncing icon in dock

[John Davis]

Hi Jane,
            I know for a fact that Outlook Express does not work with 
Classic in 10.2. So, I suggest you use Mail , just import all your 
mailboxes in to Mail, it is very easy.
            John.
On 05/05/2004, at 3:39 PM, Jane Sprando wrote:

> Duane,  this is what happened tonight and the waiting didn't help. 
> After I
> read your message, I went to Preferences and set the Sleep for Classic 
> to 30
> minutes. I left the window for Outlook Express open and went to do some
> other things. I came back about 45 minutes later and woke up the iMac. 
> The
> window for Outlook was a big white window and nothing else. I could 
> not get
> any response from the program.
>
> So I clicked on OE icon in the dock and did a force quit. When I tried 
> to
> open it gain, the icon for 9 kept popping up, but didn't stay. I 
> couldn't
> open any program in Classic. I went to Pretences and selected Start 
> Classic,
> waited for a few minutes and nothing happened. I repeated all of these
> again, waiting a few minutes each time, and Classic still did not 
> start. So
> I restarted again and Classic started up.
>
> What a  missing here?
>
> jane
>
>>
>> First, stop restarting your iMac! With OS X there is almost no reason 
>> to
>> restart your Mac. The only reason I restart is because some silly
>> installer wants to restart or I update the system.
>>
>> If you have an errant program, click and hold the mouse on the icon 
>> for
>> the app in the dock. Select quit. If the app is not responding it will
>> say force quit. Select it.
>>
>> You can still use command-option-esc to kill programs.
>>
>> For you current problem, I think you're being impatient. :-) I'm 
>> guessing
>> that Classic has quit and you are not not only restarting the 
>> application
>> but also Classic. That can take a while.
>>
>> Go to System Preferences and choose Classic. Select the Advanced tab. 
>> You
>> can now change the amount of time before Classic quits (goes to 
>> sleep).
>>
>> You should also consider updating. Your OS 10.2.2 is old a crufty. 
>> Update
>> to the latest 10.2 at least, if not 10.3 if you have it. (Panther has
>> improved a lot of things!)
>>
>> ...Duane
>
>
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